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November 26, 2024

SPP

The Southwest Power Pool is a regional transmission organization that coordinates the reliability of the transmission system and balances electric supply and demand in all or parts of Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.
SPP Briefs
SPP staff have begun working on final report of the Export Pricing Task Force for delivery in July of this year.
MISO-SPP Coordinated Study Yields 1 Possible Project – For Now
Preliminary results of the MISO and SPP '16 coordinated system study are in, and the RTOs say one project has potential, but it fails MISO’s cost threshold.
SPP Briefs
The odds of SPP and MISO conducting a second joint study dropped as the RTOs’ reviews are not lining up. Plus the Z2 Task Force is narrowing alternatives.
SPS, SPP Ask Texas to Rule on Transmission Competition
SPS and SPP have asked the PUC of Texas (PUCT) to rule on whether Texas law includes a right of first refusal that overrides FERC Order 1000.
SPP Eyes 75% Wind Penetration Levels
After SPP set the wind penetration record for North American RTOs, recent studies found that it has the potential to serve 75% of its load with wind.
SPP First RTO to 50% Wind Energy Penetration Level
At 4:30 a.m. Sunday morning, SPP’s footprint generated 11,419 MW of wind energy at the same time its load was 21,919 MW.
Southwest Power Pool Briefs
The SPP Seams Steering Committee welcomed two new members, while the RTO set another record for wind generation.
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SPP Board of Directors/Members Committee Briefs
SPP officials and stakeholders the RTO's plethora of wind energy, the search for a new Market Monitoring Unit director and Mountain West Transmission Group.
FERC OKs SPP ‘Multi-Configuration’ Rule
FERC approved SPP’s new rules for how it commits and pays “multi-configuration” combined cycle plants.
SPP Z2 Task Force Looks for Best of Proposals
The Southwest Power Pool Z2 Task Force does not appear close to a solution for replacing its bedeviling crediting system for transmission upgrades.

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